J R Rainn

[thalinoviel]

So. Imagine you're a police detective. A woman comes to you claiming to be psychic. She tells you where to find a box with the remains of a missing person you've been investigating. You look and find same.

Do you
a) believe she is psychic
b) suspect she is in some way connected to the crime?

Comments

[pds_lit]

Check both angles of course. What kind of gathering are you at?

[thalinoviel]

Oh, I'm reading trash again. I suppose I shouldn't grumble given that I have deliberately chosen the "detective/bountyhunter who is in some way supernatural" subgenre. JR Rainn is the author and a retired PI.

[pds_lit]

You could try some Laura Anne Gillman too. One of her series is down that vein.

[valkyriekaren]

B, because there's no such thing as a psychic.

[undyingking]

This. Although actual police detectives have often shown themselves alarmingly willing to give credence to such people.

[rotwang]

Guess it depends a bit on context - in real life, definitely (b). In an RPG / freeform, (a) or (b) about equally likely.

[attimes_bracing]

Always assume B unless overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

[tyrell]

This is why if you want to prove your psychic abilities to the police, you have to have THEM choose the crime to find out about.
I do not know why I had already worked this out and filed it away in my brain from years ago.